Albert phelps moses



(No Model.)

A. P. MOSES.

REEL.

No. 340,595. Patented Apr. 27,1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT PHELPS MOSES, OF MALONE, NEW YORK.

REEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 340,595, dated April 27, 1886. Application filed December 5, 1585. Serial No. 154,849. (No model.)

To a. whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT PHELPS MosEs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Malone, in the county of Franklin and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Reels, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to reels for winding yarn and the like; and the novelty consists of the peculiar construction and combination of parts, substantially as hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a reel constructed in accordance with my invention in an extended or unfolded position. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the device in its folded position. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the spider, and Fig. 4. is a detail view of the sliding collar. Fig. 5 is a detail view, partly in section, through the clamp and rotatable spider. I

Referring to the drawings, in which like letters of reference denote corresponding parts in the several figures, A designates a clamp adapted to be secured detachably to a table or other convenient place by the set-screw a, said clamp being provided with a short spindle, a, which is formed with a threaded socket, a

B designates the rod or shaft of the reel, which has its lower end threaded and screwed into the socket a of the spindle a.

O designates the spider, journaled so as to rotate in a horizontal plane on the spindle a,

and retained in place by a pin, 0, or other outer upper ends of the lugs d are hollowed out or concaved, and the arms E rest and are supported therein when they are extended or unfolded.

The extreme outer ends of the arms or rods E are bent to provide curved fingers 6, around nected to the arms E and the sliding collar.

near the middle of the said arms they are each I bent to provide an eye or loop, 6, to which are loosely and pivotally connected spring wire brace arms or rods F. The inner ends of these brace-arms are pivoted to a perforated annular flange, g, of a collar, G, whiclfis arranged to slide on the shaft or rod B.

The operation of my device is obvious. When it is desired to use the reel, the clamp A is secured or aflixed to a table or other convenient place, and the extensible yarn-supporting arms E are adjusted or unfolded to the proper extent, according to the size of the skein which is to lie placed and supported in the bent or curved fingers thereof. If the pivoted folding arms E are unfolded to their greatest extent, they lie and rest in the seats of the lugs d, and are braced thereby and by the brace-arms F, which are pivotally 001g limited amount of play is permitted between the eyes 0 of the arms E and the bent ends of the brace-arms F, to permit the arms F to move freely with the sliding collar G when the latter is moved up or down on the shaft 13. The collar is adapted to run down very close to or in actual contact with the spindle a, that supports the rotatable spider, and when the collar is in this latter-described position the brace-arms F hold the yarn-carrying arms E very firmly and immovably in place.

\Vhen it is desired to unwind the skein of yarn or the like, the pivoted folding arms are adjusted to thedesired position, similar to that shown in full or dotted lines in Fig.

1, and the yarn is placed in the fingers e of said arms, and is then drawn from the reel by merely pulling upon the free end of the yarn.

The skein of yarn serves to prevent the arms from collapsing or falling down while it is being drawn therefrom, and it also serves to maintain the sliding collar from further downward movement on the shaft, and after all the yarn has been drawn from the reel the arms thereof fall by gravity in the seats of the lugs d, which receive the arms and prevent further descent thereof.

The arms F serve to simultaneously adjust or operate the yarn-supporting arms E when the sliding collar is moved on the shaft, and

when the skein has been placed in the fingers of the arms E they are adjusted to exert strain on the skein to hold the same taut and prevent displacement thereof. Vhen the yarn is drawn from the reel, the spider thereof rotates around the spindle a to permit. its easy and ready withdrawal.

My improved reel is very strong and durable in its construction, can be manufactured and sold very cheaply, can be folded to occupy a very small amount of space, is thoroughly effective for the purposes designed, is ad j ustable to accommodate skeins of various sizes, and can be readily applied and adjusted for i, use or folded up for storage.

The various parts can be readily detached and taken apart for the purpose of replacing them when they are broken or for repairs.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

neeted with the eyes of the radial arms, sub-- stantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT PHELPS MOSES.

i7 \Vitnesses:

R. \V. SMITH, H. T. FRuNeH. 

